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The Steel Wheels

A Virginia-based Americana band with a strong bluegrass underpinning, the Steel Wheels have built up a dedicated following through regular performances at folk and roots festivals. Playing acoustic music with warmth, a sense of authority, and a tuneful approach that doesn't interfere with their traditional underpinnings, the Steel Wheels pursued an elegant approach on early efforts like 2010's Uncloudy Day. A bit of pop polish and keyboards were added to the mix on 2017's Wild as We Came Here, while 2019's Over the Trees and 2024's Sideways owed as much to indie rock and alt-country as contemporary folk or bluegrass. Trent Wagler (vocals, guitar) and Jay Lapp (mandolin, guitar, vocals) formed the first incarnation of the group in 2004, adding bassist Brian Dickel and fiddler Eric Brubaker not much later. Dojo released three albums by the then-nameless band -- Journal of a Barefoot Soldier (2005), Blue Heaven (2006), and Adrienna Valentine (2008) -- before the group renamed itself the Steel Wheels and issued two independent LPs, Red Wing and Uncloudy Day, in 2010. These indie releases helped the group earn seven nominations from the Independent Music Awards in 2010, and along with the acclaim came some Americana radio play and festival slots. Additionally, the Steel Wheels would play a "SpokeSongs" tour in the summer, where they'd cycle through Virginia or Michigan, playing songs along the way. After two more indie records -- Lay Down, Lay Low (2012) and No More Rain (2013) -- the band moved to Big Ring Records for Leave Some Things Behind in 2015. Two years later they delivered Wild as We Came Here, which was produced by Sam Kassirer, who plays keyboards for Josh Ritter. 2017 also saw drummer Kevin Garcia join the lineup, while Jeremy Darrow replaced Brian Dickel on the bass. With 2019's eclectic and ambitious Over the Trees, the band made it onto the Independent Albums chart, peaking at 32. While the group members were stuck at home during the COVID-19 lockdown of 2020, they launched an unusual project to keep themselves busy. They reached out to their fans, giving them the opportunity to commission songs from the Steel Wheels – if someone had a story they wanted set to music, or wanted to honor a friend or loved one in song, Trent Wagler would write a tune drawn from those themes for a price, and the Steel Wheels would record it remotely. The project was popular enough that they filled two albums with tracks commissioned by their listeners; Everyone a Song, Vol. One was released in November 2020, and Everyone a Song, Vol. Two followed a year later. The group returned to the studio with producer Sam Kassirer for Sideways, featuring 12 new songs, which was released in February 2024.
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